WEEKLY BRIEFING · 9 MAR – 15 MAR 2026 · UTC
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Week 11 sources
Microsoft published 12 Windows KB releases (12 security). MSRC published March 2026 Security Updates. 32 roadmap changes, led by Microsoft 365 Copilot (16) and Outlook (3). 23 lifecycle milestones fall in the next 30 days. 7 Azure updates. 14 Windows and security articles from Microsoft blogs.
12Windows KB releases
1MSRC release note
32Roadmap changes across 8 products
14Windows and security articles
Windows releases12
- Windows 10, version 1607 — KB5078938 (B), build 14393.895710 Mar
- Windows 10, version 1809 — KB5078752 (B), build 17763.851110 Mar
- Windows 10, version 21H2 — KB5078885 (B), build 19044.705810 Mar
- Windows 10, version 22H2 — KB5078885 (B), build 19045.705810 Mar
- Windows 11, version 23H2 — KB5078883 (B), build 22631.678310 Mar
7 more
- Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5079473 (B), build 26100.803710 Mar
- Windows 11, version 25H2 — KB5079473 (B), build 26200.803710 Mar
- Windows 11, version 26H1 — KB5079466 (B), build 28000.171910 Mar
- Windows Server 2016 — KB5078938 (B), build 14393.895710 Mar
- Windows Server 2019 — KB5078752 (B), build 17763.851110 Mar
- Windows Server 2022 — KB5078766 (B), build 20348.489310 Mar
- Windows Server 2025 — KB5078740 (B), build 26100.3252210 Mar
MSRC security releases1
Windows and security news14
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build for Canary Channel 29550.100013 Mar
- Introducing the Windows NVMe-oF Initiator Preview in Windows Server Insiders Builds13 Mar
- Security Review for Microsoft Edge version 14613 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28020.1737 (Canary Channel)13 Mar
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26300.8068 (Dev Channel)13 Mar
9 more
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.8062 (Beta Channel)13 Mar
- Edge 146.0.3856.59: fixes CVE-2026-3910, exploited in the wild13 Mar
- Releasing Windows 11 Builds 26100.8106 and 26200.8106 to the Release Preview Channel12 Mar
- WAF - WAF Release - 2026-03-12 - Emergency12 Mar
- Modern Database Protection: From Visibility to Threat Detection with Microsoft Defender for Cloud11 Mar
- Save the date: Windows Server Summit – May 11-13, 202611 Mar
- GitLab Patch Release: 18.9.2, 18.8.6, 18.7.611 Mar
- Introducing effective settings: See security configurations enforced on your device9 Mar
- Assigning Process Accountability to Group Policy Refreshes9 Mar
Lifecycle milestones in the next 30 days23
- Retirement: AzureML Batch Endpoints API Preview retirement 16 Mar
- Retirement: Classic VMware protection scenario using ASR 29 Mar
- Retirement · 9 products: API Keys for querying Application Insights; Batch Region Retirement; Classic alerts for Azure Backup; Classic Compute Node Communication Model; Deprecation of flash-extract custom fields; Retire Require Approve Client App Conditional Access Grant; VHD and Managed Images; Windows Server 2019 on AKS hybrid; Windows Server 2019 on AKS Retirement 31 Mar
- End of support: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Parallel Data Warehouse (Analytics Platform System) 31 Mar
- End of servicing: Dynamics 365 Business Central on-premises (Modern Policy), 2024 release wave 2, version 25.x 4 Apr
- End of support · 10 products: Dynamics C5 2016; Dynamics NAV 2016; Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management 4.0; Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.0; Microsoft Application Virtualization 5.1; Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.0 for Windows Desktops; Microsoft Application Virtualization Hosting 5.1 for Windows Desktops; Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring 2.5; Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset 10.0; User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) 2.1 14 Apr
Product news29
Microsoft Graph · 11
- Applications (beta): 2 API change passages13 Mar
- Identity and access (v1.0): 12 API change passages13 Mar
- Identity and access (beta): 2 API change passages13 Mar
8 more
- Applications (beta): 1 API change passage13 Mar
- Tenants (beta): 39 API change passages12 Mar
- Personal contacts (v1.0): 3 API change passages12 Mar
- People and workplace intelligence (v1.0): 3 API change passages12 Mar
- Employee experience (beta): 10 API change passages11 Mar
- Files (beta): 1 API change passage11 Mar
- Files (beta): 5 API change passages11 Mar
- Tasks and plans (beta): 3 API change passages10 Mar
Google Gemini · 4
- Introduced project-level spend caps to billing in AI Studio.12 Mar
- Deprecation announcement: The gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-09-2025 model will be shut down on March 31, 2026.10 Mar
- Released gemini-embedding-2-preview, our first multimodal embedding model.10 Mar
Windows 365 · 4
- Captive portal support for Windows 365 Boot9 Mar
- Expanded Microsoft Teams media optimizations now available9 Mar
- Windows 365 Flex shared provisioning policies update9 Mar
OpenAI · 3
- Updated our image encoder to fix a small bug with input_image inputs in GPT-5.4.13 Mar
- Added POST /v1/videos/edits for editing existing videos.12 Mar
- Expanded the Sora API with reusable character references, longer generations up to 20 seconds, 1080p output for sora-2-pro, video extensions, and Batch API support for P…12 Mar
Microsoft Entra · 2
- Microsoft Entra Connect 2.6.3.010 Mar
- General Availability: Email and SMS OTP as Second‑Factor MFA for Native Authentication in Entra External ID9 Mar
Azure Kubernetes Service · 1
Commercial changes · 1
dbatools · 1
- dbatools 2.7.2612 Mar
PSResourceGet · 1
Ubiquiti UniFi · 1
Azure updates7
- Generally Available: Summary rules in Log Analytics workspace now support manual “Retry bin”12 Mar
- Public Preview: Azure Storage Mover enables private data transfers from AWS S3 to Azure Blob12 Mar
- Generally Available: Azure Database for PostgreSQL dashboards with Grafana11 Mar
- Generally Available: Terraform, Bicep, Ansible support for elastic clusters on Azure Database for PostgreSQL11 Mar
- Public Preview: Customer‑managed encryption keys now supported on Premium SSD v2 disks for Azure Database for PostgreSQL11 Mar
From the community3
Microsoft 365 roadmap32
Microsoft 365 Copilot · 16
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat Tools Control13 Mar
- Microsoft 365 admin center: Agent metadata in inventory export12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Connect Microsoft 365 Copilot to Guru for Internal Knowledge and Insights12 Mar
13 more
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot extensibility – Embedded Knowledge capability support for declarative agents.12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easier access to Researcher in Microsoft Word12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Query Coda Docs and Wikis with Copilot Connectors12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Amazon S3 to access structured document repositories with Copilot Connector12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Asana to manage projects and tasks with Copilot Connector12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with GitLab Issues (Cloud and Server) to track engineering tasks and bugs with Copilot Connector12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Monday.com to track work and team progress with Copilot Connector12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Customers can connect M365 Copilot with Zendesk Help Center to retrieve support articles and FAQs with Copilot Connector12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] No-Code Publishing for Azure AI Foundry Agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Store12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] [Search UX] Custom filter support for data sources on Copilot Search12 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Calendar search for email delegates11 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Image effects in Microsoft 365 Copilot10 Mar
- Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit Scheduled prompts9 Mar
Outlook · 3
- Outlook: Filter Out Declined Meetings in Outlook Mobile10 Mar
- Outlook: Hide Declined Meetings in Outlook Mobile10 Mar
- Outlook: Enhanced Search Experience in Win329 Mar
Purview · 3
- Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Service health dashboard10 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Show customized message or hyperlink for multiple file toast9 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management-New quick policies to detect data theft from Microsoft Fabric & non-Microsoft 365 data sources9 Mar
Teams · 3
- Microsoft Teams: Call history Admin control13 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Image viewer improvements enable scrolling and jumping to original message13 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: ‘Add emoji’ updated keyboard shortcut9 Mar
4 more products · 7 changes
Viva · 3
- Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics - Copilot Studio agent report in Insights enhanced with autonomous agents.12 Mar
- Microsoft Viva: News AI audio briefing in Connections Mobile11 Mar
- Microsoft Viva: AI audio overview support for pages and additional languages9 Mar
Windows 365 · 2
- Windows 365: Frontline in Shared mode availability for Germany West Central, Korea Central, Korea South13 Mar
- Windows 365: Frontline in Shared mode availability for Switzerland North, Switzerland West, Norway East, Norway East, Norway West, UAE central, UAE north13 Mar
OneDrive · 1
SharePoint · 1
Other public updates38
- Microsoft Secure Score: New recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint13 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings13 Mar
- Prevent/Fix: Microsoft Purview | Activity Explorer - Total count includes duplicate results13 Mar
- Microsoft Viva Engage | Email sender domain migration from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft13 Mar
- Out-of-band update released for Windows Enterprise client devices running hotpatch updates13 Mar
33 more
- Windows Deployment Services (WDS): Hands-free deployment hardening (Phase 2)13 Mar
- Sensitivity labels available soon for Viva Engage communities12 Mar
- Microsoft 365 Copilot: Planner Agent rename and rollout to premium and basic plans12 Mar
- Microsoft Edge: Copilot new tab page12 Mar
- Improved copy and paste support for @mentions and shared contacts in Microsoft Teams12 Mar
- Introducing awards and certifications section in M365 profile card12 Mar
- Power Apps - Public preview for Microsoft 365 Copilot chat in model-driven apps12 Mar
- Power Apps - Public preview for Microsoft 365 Copilot chat in canvas apps12 Mar
- Windows Office Hours: March 19, 202612 Mar
- Find your files quickly and easily on Word, Excel and PowerPoint App home pages12 Mar
- Microsoft Teams: Live transcription in Teams Rooms on Android12 Mar
- Microsoft Purview | Information Protection – Override manually applied labels and Remove labels with Auto-labeling12 Mar
- Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Security Investigations introduces new soft purge mitigation action12 Mar
- Retirement of the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel installation option for unmanaged devices12 Mar
- Retirement of the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel option in the Office Customization Tool12 Mar
- Microsoft Purview DLP: Unmanaged cloud app protection with Microsoft Purview and the Island Enterprise Browser12 Mar
- Microsoft Viva: Satisfaction rate metric for Microsoft 365 Copilot in the Copilot analytics dashboard10 Mar
- Outlook Mobile: Follow a meeting option10 Mar
- Retirement of -Credential parameter when connecting to Exchange Online PowerShell10 Mar
- Plan for Change: Windows Autopatch is enabling hotpatch updates by default10 Mar
- Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels10 Mar
- RSAT capabilities arrive on Arm-based Windows 11 PCs10 Mar
- The March 2026 Windows security update is now available10 Mar
- SharePoint: AI citations analytics for documents and pages9 Mar
- Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows now support phishing-resistant sign-in9 Mar
- Outlook: Support for recommended and automatically applied sensitivity labels in Outlook for iOS and Android9 Mar
- Microsoft Viva Glint: AI-generated survey insights with Copilot highlights9 Mar
- Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - Security Store now available to discover DLP integrations9 Mar
- Microsoft Purview DLP: New policy configuration options available for inline network and Edge for Business9 Mar
- Microsoft Intune In Development for March 2026 is now available9 Mar
- Windows Autopatch is enabling hotpatch updates by default9 Mar
- Power Apps - Enable online mode to access Dataverse for Canvas apps9 Mar
- Power Apps - Configure offline profile using FetchXML editor9 Mar
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